Christoph Schütz

Christoph Schütz (born November 6, 1689 in Umstadt ; † January 4, 1750 in Homburg in front of the height ) was a radical pietist and hymn book editor .

Life

After school, Schütz learned the cooper's trade and worked in his parents' vineyards. By turning to radical pietist ideas and running a private convent , he increasingly came into conflict with his pastor. Since Schütz was not ready to recognize the orthodox teachings of the Lutheran official church, but rather stayed away from the service and published radical pietist writings from 1725, the dispute finally escalated.

He then moved to Offenbach am Main in 1729 , where religious separatists were granted freedom of belief. At this time, Schütz was already a recognized personality within radical pietism. Here he also tried to found a Philadelphian society in 1730 . He maintained extensive correspondence, published various radical pietist writings and supported fellow believers. B. several book shipments to Germantown , Pennsylvania.

In 1733 he received the post of chamber clerk at the court of Hesse-Homburg . In addition, he worked on an extensive hymn book project, which he published under the title "Geistlicher Würtz = herbs = and flowers = garden". He originally planned a universal hymn book that should contain 30,000 songs in 30 volumes; In fact, between 1738 and 1744 a compendium in five volumes with five thousand songs was printed in Homburg vor der Höhe. Although the hymnbook has hardly been received at the time, it is now an important hymnological source work that documents both the songs of the church tradition and the chants of separatist groups.

Works

• Spiritual correspondence between the bailiff Fischer and Christoph Schütz [...]. 2nd Edition. Casting 1731.
• Golden rose / or a testimony to the truth of the golden age of the millennial and eternal kingdom of Jesus Christ, which is now so near, [...]. Casting 1727.

Editions

• A clergyman Würtz = herbs and flowers = garden or Universal-Gesang = book […] First main = part […]. 5 volumes. Homburg 1738-1744.
• Georg von Welling: Opus mago-cabbalisticum et theosophicum […]. Homburg 1735.

literature

• Konstanze Grutschnig-Kieser: The "Spiritual Würtz = herbs = and flowers = garden" by Christoph Schütz (= work on the history of Pietism. Volume 49). Göttingen 2006, ISBN 3-525-55835-X . Dissertation at the same time. Mainz 2004.
• Emil Eduard Koch: Christian [sic] Schütz. In: Emil Eduard Koch: History of the hymn and hymn of the Christian, especially the German Protestant church. Volume 6th reprint of the 3rd edition. Hildesheim 1973, pp. 174-176.
• Reinhard Breymayer: A radical Pietist close to the young Goethe: The Frankfurt concert director Johann Daniel Müller alias Elias / Elias Artista (1716 to after 1785). In: Pietism and Modern Times. Volume 9. Göttingen (1984), pp. 180-237, here pp. 190-197.
• [Carl] Bertheau:  Schütz, Christoph . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 33, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1891, p. 115 f.